This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.
You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.
As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.
There will be one last update on Sunday night. Good luck!
Week of September 23 - 29
Mixed League
| Rk | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race | ||
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto | ||
| 3 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young | ||
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |||
| 5 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |||
| 6 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT, NYM | |||
| 7 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long-term deal this offseason? | ||
| 8 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PHI, CIN | |||
| 9 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | BAL, PIT | |||
| 10 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |||
| 11 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H | ||
| 12 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA, @CLE | |||
| 13 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs | ||
| 14 | Bailey Ober |
It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.
You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.
As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.
There will be one last update on Sunday night. Good luck!
Week of September 23 - 29
Mixed League
| Rk | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race | ||
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto | ||
| 3 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young | ||
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |||
| 5 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |||
| 6 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT, NYM | |||
| 7 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long-term deal this offseason? | ||
| 8 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PHI, CIN | |||
| 9 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | BAL, PIT | |||
| 10 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |||
| 11 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H | ||
| 12 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA, @CLE | |||
| 13 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs | ||
| 14 | Bailey Ober | MIN | MIA, BAL | Benefited from a soft schedule | ||
| 15 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TB | |||
| 16 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | |||
| 17 | Sonny Gray | STL | @COL | Tough place to end another quality season | ||
| 18 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | CIN | Should garner a few down-ballot NL ROY votes | ||
| 19 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | SEA | |||
| 20 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | BAL | |||
| 21 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @HOU, OAK | |||
| 22 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |||
| 23 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |||
| 24 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TB | |||
| 25 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK | |||
| 26 | Max Scherzer | TEX | @LAA | |||
| 27 | Logan Webb | SF | @ARI | |||
| 28 | Michael Wacha | KC | @WAS | |||
| 29 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @COL | |||
| 30 | Max Fried | ATL | KC | |||
| 31 | Luis Gil | NYY | PIT | No sign of an innings restriction | ||
| 32 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | PIT | |||
| 33 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @OAK | 0% | 0% | |
| 34 | Brant Hurter | DET | CWS | 16% | ||
| 35 | Dylan Cease | SD | @LAD | |||
| 36 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @CHC | 42% | ||
| 37 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BOS, MIA | Best FAAB pickup of the year? | ||
| 38 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | CIN | 0% | 0% | |
| 39 | Reese Olson | DET | CWS | 41% | ||
| 40 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @NYY | Pitching best at the ideal time | ||
| 41 | Seth Lugo | KC | @ATL | |||
| 42 | Michael King | SD | @LAD, @ARI | Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason | ||
| 43 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | MIA | |||
| 44 | Charlie Morton | ATL | NYM | |||
| 45 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @LAA | Not likely to pitch much more than three innings | ||
| 46 | JP Sears | OAK | @SEA | |||
| 47 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @LAA | |||
| 48 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @HOU | |||
| 49 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @OAK | |||
| 50 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL | |||
| 51 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @WAS | |||
| 52 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CHC | |||
| 53 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | CIN | 0% | 9% | |
| 54 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @NYY | |||
| 55 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @DET, @BOS | |||
| 56 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SF | |||
| 57 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
| 58 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ARI | |||
| 59 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAA | |||
| 60 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | @MIN | 17% | 14% | |
| 61 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | |||
| 62 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
| 63 | Jakob Junis | CIN | @CLE | 0% | 35% | |
| 64 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | MIA | |||
| 65 | DJ Herz | WAS | KC | |||
| 66 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @CLE | |||
| 67 | Brady Singer | KC | @ATL | |||
| 68 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | @WAS | 36% | ||
| 69 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BOS | |||
| 70 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @LAD | |||
| 71 | Brady Basso | OAK | TEX, @SEA | 0% | 0% | |
| 72 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @NYY | |||
| 73 | Zack Littell | TB | @DET | 47% | ||
| 74 | David Festa | MIN | MIA | |||
| 75 | Reid Detmers | LAA | TEX | |||
| 76 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |||
| 77 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SD | |||
| 78 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | SD | |||
| 79 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | NYM, KC | |||
| 80 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SF, SD | |||
| 81 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @SF | 11% | ||
| 82 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PHI | |||
| 83 | Casey Mize | DET | TB | 24% | ||
| 84 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | MIA | 33% | ||
| 85 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | TEX | 0% | 0% | |
| 86 | Robbie Ray | SF | @ARI | |||
| 87 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @MIN | |||
| 88 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | OAK | 1% | 5% | |
| 89 | Gavin Williams | CLE | HOU | |||
| 90 | Walker Buehler | LAD | @COL | |||
| 91 | Joey Estes | OAK | @SEA | 22% | ||
| 92 | Aaron Civale | MIL | NYM | |||
| 93 | Richard Fitts | BOS | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
| 94 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TOR | |||
| 95 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | HOU | |||
| 96 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @ARI, STL | 33% | ||
| 97 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | |||
| 98 | Jose Berrios | TOR | BOS | |||
| 99 | Colin Rea | MIL | @PIT | |||
| 100 | Luis Severino | NYM | @ATL, @MIL | |||
| 101 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @CWS | 0% | 0% | |
| 102 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | KC | |||
| 103 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL | |||
| 104 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CLE | |||
| 105 | Andre Pallante | STL | @SF | 29% | ||
| 106 | Shane Baz | TB | @BOS | |||
| 107 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @SF | |||
| 108 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @ATL | |||
| 109 | Erick Fedde | STL | @COL | |||
| 110 | Jared Jones | PIT | @NYY | |||
| 111 | Mitch Spence | OAK | TEX | 2% | ||
| 112 | Jake Irvin | WAS | PHI | |||
| 113 | Tyler Alexander | TB | @DET | 0% | 0% | |
| 114 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |||
| 115 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | @TOR | 4% | 35% | |
| 116 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @PIT | |||
| 117 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @MIL | |||
| 118 | Griffin Canning | LAA | TEX | 13% | ||
| 119 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIL | |||
| 120 | Davis Martin | CWS | LAA | 3% | ||
| 121 | Frankie Montas | MIL | NYM | |||
| 122 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SD | 40% | ||
| 123 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | @CLE | 0% | 0% | |
| 124 | Keider Montero | DET | TB | 18% | ||
| 125 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | LAA, @DET | 3% | ||
| 126 | Sean Burke | CWS | @DET | 0% | 0% | |
| 127 | Austin Gomber | COL | STL | 1% | 16% | |
| 128 | Mason Black | SF | STL | 0% | 0% | |
| 129 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PHI | |||
| 130 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BOS | |||
| 131 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @CHC | 0% | 0% | |
| 132 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN | 28% | ||
| 133 | Trevor Williams | WAS | PHI | 5% | 9% | |
| 134 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | CHC | 1% | 9% | |
| 135 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | MIL | 47% | ||
| 136 | Bailey Falter | PIT | MIL, @NYY | 8% | ||
| 137 | Adam Oller | MIA | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
| 138 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @MIN | |||
| 139 | Ben Lively | CLE | HOU | |||
| 140 | Ryan Feltner | COL | STL, LAD | 1% | 9% | |
| 141 | Landon Knack | LAD | SD, @COL | 29% | ||
| 142 | Kyle Freeland | COL | STL | 0% | 18% | |
| 143 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATL | |||
| 144 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | BAL | 42% | ||
| 145 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @CWS, TEX | 1% | 40% | |
| 146 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |||
| 147 | Martin Perez | SD | @ARI | |||
| 148 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 149 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @DET | 0% | 2% | |
| 150 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @MIN | 6% | 39% | |
| 151 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | KC | 11% | ||
| 152 | Cal Quantrill | COL | LAD | 4% | 21% | |
| 153 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
| 154 | Grant Holmes | ATL | KC | 2% | 28% | |
| 155 | Ben Casparius | LAD | SD | 0% | 0% | |
| 156 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | LAD | 0% | 0% |
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto |
| 3 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |
| 4 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | BAL, PIT | |
| 5 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |
| 6 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H |
| 7 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA, @CLE | |
| 8 | Bailey Ober | MIN | MIA, BAL | Benefited from a soft schedule |
| 9 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TB | |
| 10 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | |
| 11 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | SEA | |
| 12 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | BAL | |
| 13 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @HOU, OAK | |
| 14 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TB | |
| 15 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK | |
| 16 | Max Scherzer | TEX | @LAA | |
| 17 | Michael Wacha | KC | @WAS | |
| 18 | Luis Gil | NYY | PIT | No sign of an innings restriction |
| 19 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | PIT | |
| 20 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @OAK | |
| 21 | Brant Hurter | DET | CWS | |
| 22 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BOS, MIA | Best FAAB pickup of the year? |
| 23 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | CIN | |
| 24 | Reese Olson | DET | CWS | |
| 25 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @NYY | Pitching best at the ideal time |
| 26 | Seth Lugo | KC | @ATL | |
| 27 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | MIA | |
| 28 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @LAA | Not likely to pitch much more than three innings |
| 29 | JP Sears | OAK | @SEA | |
| 30 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @LAA | |
| 31 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @HOU | |
| 32 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @OAK | |
| 33 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL | |
| 34 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @DET, @BOS | |
| 35 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAA | |
| 36 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | |
| 37 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | MIA | |
| 38 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @CLE | |
| 39 | Brady Singer | KC | @ATL | |
| 40 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | @WAS | |
| 41 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BOS | |
| 42 | Brady Basso | OAK | TEX, @SEA | |
| 43 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @NYY | |
| 44 | Zack Littell | TB | @DET | |
| 45 | David Festa | MIN | MIA | |
| 46 | Reid Detmers | LAA | TEX | |
| 47 | AL Reliever | |||
| 48 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |
| 49 | Casey Mize | DET | TB | |
| 50 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | MIA | |
| 51 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | TEX | |
| 52 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | OAK | |
| 53 | Gavin Williams | CLE | HOU | |
| 54 | Joey Estes | OAK | @SEA | |
| 55 | Richard Fitts | BOS | @TOR | |
| 56 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TOR | |
| 57 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | HOU | |
| 58 | Jose Berrios | TOR | BOS | |
| 59 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @CWS | |
| 60 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL | |
| 61 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CLE | |
| 62 | Shane Baz | TB | @BOS | |
| 63 | Mitch Spence | OAK | TEX | |
| 64 | Tyler Alexander | TB | @DET | |
| 65 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |
| 66 | Griffin Canning | LAA | TEX | |
| 67 | Davis Martin | CWS | LAA | |
| 68 | Keider Montero | DET | TB | |
| 69 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | LAA, @DET | |
| 70 | Sean Burke | CWS | @DET | |
| 71 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BOS | |
| 72 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN | |
| 73 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @MIN | |
| 74 | Ben Lively | CLE | HOU | |
| 75 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | BAL | |
| 76 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @CWS, TEX | |
| 77 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @DET |
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young |
| 2 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |
| 3 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT, NYM | |
| 4 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long-term deal this offseason? |
| 5 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PHI, CIN | |
| 6 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs |
| 7 | Sonny Gray | STL | @COL | Tough place to end another quality season |
| 8 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | CIN | Should garner a few down-ballot NL ROY votes |
| 9 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |
| 10 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |
| 11 | Logan Webb | SF | @ARI | |
| 12 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @COL | |
| 13 | Max Fried | ATL | KC | |
| 14 | Dylan Cease | SD | @LAD | |
| 15 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @CHC | |
| 16 | Michael King | SD | @LAD, @ARI | Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason |
| 17 | Charlie Morton | ATL | NYM | |
| 18 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @WAS | |
| 19 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CHC | |
| 20 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | CIN | |
| 21 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @NYY | |
| 22 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SF | |
| 23 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ARI | |
| 24 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | @MIN | |
| 25 | Jakob Junis | CIN | @CLE | |
| 26 | DJ Herz | WAS | KC | |
| 27 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @LAD | |
| 28 | NL Reliever | |||
| 29 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SD | |
| 30 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | SD | |
| 31 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | NYM, KC | |
| 32 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SF, SD | |
| 33 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @SF | |
| 34 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PHI | |
| 35 | Robbie Ray | SF | @ARI | |
| 36 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @MIN | |
| 37 | Walker Buehler | LAD | @COL | |
| 38 | Aaron Civale | MIL | NYM | |
| 39 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @ARI, STL | |
| 40 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | |
| 41 | Colin Rea | MIL | @PIT | |
| 42 | Luis Severino | NYM | @ATL, @MIL | |
| 43 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | KC | |
| 44 | Andre Pallante | STL | @SF | |
| 45 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @SF | |
| 46 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @ATL | |
| 47 | Erick Fedde | STL | @COL | |
| 48 | Jared Jones | PIT | @NYY | |
| 49 | Jake Irvin | WAS | PHI | |
| 50 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | @TOR | |
| 51 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @PIT | |
| 52 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @MIL | |
| 53 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIL | |
| 54 | Frankie Montas | MIL | NYM | |
| 55 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SD | |
| 56 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | @CLE | |
| 57 | Austin Gomber | COL | STL | |
| 58 | Mason Black | SF | STL | |
| 59 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PHI | |
| 60 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @CHC | |
| 61 | Trevor Williams | WAS | PHI | |
| 62 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | CHC | |
| 63 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | MIL | |
| 64 | Bailey Falter | PIT | MIL, @NYY | |
| 65 | Adam Oller | MIA | @TOR | |
| 66 | Ryan Feltner | COL | STL, LAD | |
| 67 | Landon Knack | LAD | SD, @COL | |
| 68 | Kyle Freeland | COL | STL | |
| 69 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATL | |
| 70 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |
| 71 | Martin Perez | SD | @ARI | |
| 72 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @COL | |
| 73 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @MIN | |
| 74 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | KC | |
| 75 | Cal Quantrill | COL | LAD | |
| 76 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | @TOR | |
| 77 | Grant Holmes | ATL | KC | |
| 78 | Ben Casparius | LAD | SD | |
| 79 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | LAD |
